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Smart Sutures Tie Themselves 14

Posted by michael from the rabbit-goes-around-the-tree-and-down-the-hole dept.
edwilli writes "Scientific American has an interesting article on "smart" thermoplastic materal that can tie itself into a knot. Finally you can throw away those velcro shoes."
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    by Transcendent ( 204992 ) on Friday April 26, 2002 @04:26PM (#3418334)
    I've seen material like this years ago. They did it on Beyond 2000 or some show like that on the Discovery Channel. They showed how you can bend this material (they spelled a name) into a shape, then dip it in a chemical, straighten it out agian, and when you apply heat, it goes right back to how it was. (the order of events may be off, but thats basically how it went)

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